Hand-stamp.



UNITED sfr-arias PATENT orinnig;l

y MEREDXTH G. STANDLEY, F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

' LEY,

at Cincinnati, 1n the county HAND-STAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 7, 1912. Serial No. 719,075. l

1'0 a whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, MEREDITH G. STAND- a citizen ofthe United States,residing of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain newandusefull Improvements in Hand-` QSt'amps, of which the following is aspeciii- ["cationhreference being had therein to the n raccompanyingdrawing.

`This invention relates Ato hand Stamps and l has 'special reference toa stamp designed `for the purpose of indicating upon a bill or receiptthe amount received and, at the same time, registering the same amounton a -pai per strip carriedv in the interior of the' casing.

Theprineipal object of the invention is 'to improve the construction orthe stamps described in my co-pending applications bearing the SerialNos; 696,675; 694,887;'

and 694,218. A n i `With the above and other objects in view Y as Willbe hereinafter apparent the invenof parts.,l as" will be hereinafterully de series o In the accompanying drawing v,ters of reference tionconsists in general of certain novel con# v structions, combinationsandA arrangements scribed, illustrated and claimed. n

like charac- Fig. 2 is is a sectionon the line Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is adetail view or' thev reversing mechanism for the ink ribbon. Fig. 5 adetail showing the front of the'casing.

In carrying outthe `objects of the invention there is providcda casing10. The bottom of this casingy is closedby'a base 11 and the upper endof the casing is in like .manner provided with a closing plate 12H'project through an opening in the-casing.

Secured to `each oi? the indicator disks is a indicate like parts in the""Jseveral views, and Figure 1 is a transverse -secti'onthro'ugh a! handstamp constructed in 'accordance with this invention. 'a section at.right angles to Fig.V 1. j Fig. 3

gear 21 which meshes witn a respective gear 17 Just belowthe opening 13thereis provided a shaft 22 whereon is revolubly mounted a series oftype wheels 23 each provided with a gear 24 which meshes with a respec-Patented sept. 14, 1915.

'tive gear '17. Below the shaft 16 is ajshaft 25 provided withv a seriesof type wheels 26 each of which hasA formed thereon a gear 27. Each vofthe gears 27 vnie'shesfwith a, respective gear 1,7 and the arrangementis such that the bottom character onthe lower type wheel, the topcharacter'on the upper type wheel, and the character which shows throughthe opening 20 on the indicator Wheel will always 'be the same.

shaft 27.` On these shafts 26 and 27v are spools 28 carrying aninlcribbon 29 similar to the usual typewriter ribbon. y

Pivoted to the casing as at 30 are arms 31 which carry a rod 32 andproject slightly above the casing where they 'are provided with a platenwhich extends over the top of the casing and is provided with astamphandle 34. The lower end of the arms 31 are connected to bellr cranklevers 35 Which carry a rod 36. from one of the spools up through one ofvthe "slots 14,' passing in its route over a rod 37 and is then ledacross theface of the 'pad 15 vand Cloj\\n"ovei-gtl1e rodi32 through'theotherv slotd'iifand beneath the rod 36 to the remaining spool2S.y"Depending fromgone arm of the bell crank lever 35 is apair of links 38which carry a platen 101139.

Journaled }in *the casing- -are shafts 40 whereon are mounted spools 'ilwhich carry strip oi' paper 42. To the endr of the bell crank lever 35is connected a bar. which is provided with laterally extending arms 44.0n the's'hafts'26and-'27 and oneof the shafts 4() are ratchets 45, thetWo ratchets on the shafts 26 and 27 being of opposite The ink ribbon 29is led,

c b Journaled j 1n the casing adp. :ent the top is a shaft 2,6I anddirectly below this shaft is a second.

hand. On the arms 4 4 and the bar 43 .are

pa-wls 46 which engage the respective ratchets 45. Slidably mountedwithin the casing is a bar 47 having at its top and` bottom arms 48which project over the spools 2 8. These arms'are so spaced that botharms Will con`v stantly be in contact with the ink ribbon.

The bar 4.7 is provided with a slot 49 and v adjacent this bar ismounted a bar 50 carryingl a pin 51 which projects Within the slot Thisbar 50 is provided at 'each end with a cam surface 52 and these camsurfaces pressed; this prints the required characters'- on the bill and,at the lsame time, the arms 31 cause movement of the levers 35. Thisiaises the platen 39 with the paper ribbon and brings this paper ribboninto contact with theink ribbon at the point where it crosses the lowertype wheels. At the same time this action raises all the pawls. Now',

when the platen 33 is relieved from pres-A sure it again rises and thepawls will descend thereby actuating the respective ratchets.' It is tobe noted that one of the pawls 46 is. always out of engagement so thatthe ink ribbon can be fed. Now, when one of the spools 2S becomes filledthel bar 47 will then move in one direction or the other by its filling'until the pin 51 comes in contact with the respective end of the slot49. This will cause movement of the bar 50 which will change theposition of the cam surfaces 52 and thereby diseiigage tlie prethe kinddescribed, and for the purpose A,

viously engaged. pawl and allow the pre- .viously disengaged pawl todrop into engagement, thus reversing the direction of movement oftlieribbonlf). There has thus been provided a simple and eiiicientdevice of specified.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is z- ,1. Ahand stamp of the class described comprising a casing, type wheelscarried by said casing, ribbon rollers carried by said casing the ribbon'carried thereby passing lover said type wheels, recordingstrip-supporting rollers carried b v said casing, a platen rollerpositioned below one of said printing rollers, and means supporting saidplaten roller for drawing the same into engagement with one of `saidprinting rollers for causing animpression to be made upon said recordingsheet.

2. A. stamp of the class described comprisiiig a casing, a plurality ofribbon supl pressed upon said casing.

casing, a guiding roller carried near the bottom ofV sair` casing, saidribbon passing over said guid rollers, ratchet means for turning saidrib il rollers, a stamping'platen, a'rmssupporting said stamping platen,a

'bell crank frame pivotally secured to said casing and engaging saidarms, depending links secured to said bell crank lever, .a

platen roller secured to said depending links,

a printing roller carried by the top of ysaid casing and adjacent thebottom of saidvcasing above said platen roller, record strip supportingrollers carried near the bottom ofV said casing, and saidstampingplat'en adapted to cause said platen roller to be .portingrollers carried thereby, a plurality of guiding rollers carried by thetop of said drawn up into engagement with said printo ing roller as saidstamping platen is com- A device of the class described comprising acasing, a plurality of indicating disks carried by one sidev of saidcasing, a printing disk carried by the uppt-irl end of said casing, aprinting disk carried near the lower end of said casing, aninking'ribbon for the printing disks carried by saidivcasing,l inkingribbon guiding rollers positioned upon said casing, said inking ribbonpassing over said rollers and in front of said upper printing disk, astamp platen, arms supporting said stamp platen, bell crank leverspivotally secured to the sides' of said casing and'capable of beingswung thereon,

' a platen roller secured below said bell'cr'ank

